KnightStar
Newly Enlightened
A couple of weeks ago, a friend of mine blew the engine in his Surburban about 65 miles east of here (Reno NV) and after dark (which means it was really COLD). He called me to let me know he was stuck, had only a windbreaker for a jacket, and had no flashlight so he couldn't look at the engine because it was too dark. (Good prep, John.)
A couple of days before Christmas, I decided I should see if there was some kind of led flashlight I could find as a Christmas gift for him. Not knowing anything about led flashlights, I did a Google search on "led flashlight" and, among other Google search results, found this website. Within ten minutes, I knew I just didn't have the time to really browse this site right away. Since I just couldn't pass up the "joke", I found a set of M*g Lights at Costco as a Christmas gift for him.
From Thursday through Sunday, I have spent all my free time reading posts in the various forums at this website, WOW, WHAT A WEBSITE. I cannot even describe how impressed I am. The members here are really, really helpful, and I didn't find any flame posts at all.
After all my reading of posts here, I found a "signature" which was so very appropriate:
Rothrandr: "go not to the flashaholics for counsel for they will say buy this AND that" (I added the emphasis to the "and"). (ROFLMAO).
Another appropriate "signature":
Rlhess: "There wasn't enough room here so I made a WebPage about my lights."
(Thank you. Now I have some idea of how to begin my flashaholic career.)
Some of the responses I saw most often in reading the posts here in these last four days:
"Ordering a [fill in the blank] now."
"Just ordered a [fill in the blank]."
"I would love to put a [fill in the blank] in these."
"… AND you need to buy a [fill in the blank], TOO."
Man, I laughed as hard reading these posts as when I watched the movie "Captain Ron".
Of course, there was the negative part about reading these posts: I missed out on purchasing some really cool, impressive custom-built lights. Well, anyone else who will be building custom lights in the future, please email me as soon as you begin thinking about doing so.
I haven't figured out who began this forum, yet; but I thank you very much and I thank all the forum members for their helpful posts.
Steve
A couple of days before Christmas, I decided I should see if there was some kind of led flashlight I could find as a Christmas gift for him. Not knowing anything about led flashlights, I did a Google search on "led flashlight" and, among other Google search results, found this website. Within ten minutes, I knew I just didn't have the time to really browse this site right away. Since I just couldn't pass up the "joke", I found a set of M*g Lights at Costco as a Christmas gift for him.
From Thursday through Sunday, I have spent all my free time reading posts in the various forums at this website, WOW, WHAT A WEBSITE. I cannot even describe how impressed I am. The members here are really, really helpful, and I didn't find any flame posts at all.
After all my reading of posts here, I found a "signature" which was so very appropriate:
Rothrandr: "go not to the flashaholics for counsel for they will say buy this AND that" (I added the emphasis to the "and"). (ROFLMAO).
Another appropriate "signature":
Rlhess: "There wasn't enough room here so I made a WebPage about my lights."
(Thank you. Now I have some idea of how to begin my flashaholic career.)
Some of the responses I saw most often in reading the posts here in these last four days:
"Ordering a [fill in the blank] now."
"Just ordered a [fill in the blank]."
"I would love to put a [fill in the blank] in these."
"… AND you need to buy a [fill in the blank], TOO."
Man, I laughed as hard reading these posts as when I watched the movie "Captain Ron".
Of course, there was the negative part about reading these posts: I missed out on purchasing some really cool, impressive custom-built lights. Well, anyone else who will be building custom lights in the future, please email me as soon as you begin thinking about doing so.
I haven't figured out who began this forum, yet; but I thank you very much and I thank all the forum members for their helpful posts.
Steve
